"Since I have landed in Quebec, I think we can say that I am Canadian."

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“I'll polish it off myself.”

“Tinkety tonk old fruit, and down with the Nazis.”

“I wouldn't if I were you, Noël; they count them before they put them out.”

“Wouldn't it be terrible if you'd spent all your life doing everything you were supposed to do, didn't drink, didn't smoke, didn't eat things, took lots of exercise, all the things you didn't want to do, and suddenly one day you were run over by a big red bus, and as the wheels were crunching into you you'd say 'Oh my god, I could have got so drunk last night!' That's the way you should live your life, as if tomorrow you'll be run over by a big red bus.”

“I am glad we have been bombed. Now we can look the East End in the eye.”

“We'd have to go self-service.”

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"I think it is up to the judge to say what the Constitution provided, even if what it provided is not the best answer, even if you think it should be amended. If that's what it says, that's what it say…"

— Antonin Scalia

Law1936–2016

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"I am so daunted by that I never think about it. It is a thing bigger than I am capable of perceiving. Other people are more aware and concerned with it than I could ever allow myself to be."

— Meryl Streep

Entertainment1949

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"While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a thought, the new situation did urgently demand a drastic revision of strategi…"

— Douglas MacArthur

Military1880–1964

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"I wonder at those who think about their body's food, but do not think about their soul's food. They keep away disturbing food from their belly, but fill up their hearts with destructive subjects."

— Imam Hasan ibn Ali (A.S.)

Religion625–670

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